'Rudy of the Black Timbers'

It is my belief that the raw linseed oil will NOT dry. The proceed or boiled
linseed oil will cross-link and cure. Lets get to the bottom of this.

Where is Norman Weiss?

Bryan.

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Rudy Christian wrote:

> In a message dated 11/11/99 4:48:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> <<  I speced the paint
>  job on my c1903 trim in Little Rock for scrape, treat with 1/1 boiled
>  linseed oil/mineral spirits >>
>
> Don't know about using it under primer but...
>
> We finish the timbers in our frames with RAW linseed oil and gum turpentine
> 1/1. The wood loves it and it dries very well. We tried boiled and hated it.
> Gummy. Won't dry, messy brushes blah blah blah.
>
> I checked with the local paint shop (who special orders the raw linseed oil
> for us) and it turns out they don't even boil boiled linseed oil any more.
> They just dump in a bunch of fancy hydrocarbons. So why do they call it
> boiled? People probably wouldn't buy "Linseed oil with fancy hydrocarbons".
>
> All I got.
>
> Rudy